Today I was
wandering around town, getting some fall/winter essentials I had run out of,...
when I decided to stop by one of my old favorite coffee places. It is currently
freezing in Belgium at the moment. And, don’t get me wrong, I love this kind of
weather. But now and then you just have to escape it and warm up with a nice
cup of basic bitch all-carameled-and-whipped-creamed-out coffee. So, I decided
to revisit this old goldie where I used to pass my time during high school. (By
this I mean
before and after my high school classes. Stay in school kids!)
before and after my high school classes. Stay in school kids!)
Anywaaaaay, I walked in and I could not believe my eyes. They put up Halloween decorations.
And they went ALL THE WAY. I don’t know about you, but in Belgium, Halloween isn’t
really a thing. We know what it is, and some might even know the history behind
it from some English teacher that mentioned it once. But, overall, Halloween is
not celebrated here. So when I walked in to see that somebody came to love this
celebration as much as I have ,through this wonderful thing called the
internet, everything in the world was just right. I mean, close your eyes and imagine
this: you walk in and to your right there is a body hanging out of a body bag, the
wall are covered in marks of bloody hands, a chair is replaced by some old
wheelchair which looked like it came straight from the set of a horror movie, spider
webs were covering the entire sealing, jars were filled with eyeballs, in the
back there was a crib with chopped of alien heads,… It was amazing that,
somehow, I didn’t feel weird or grossed out by eating and drinking while being surrounded
by so many decorative intestines and bugs. Neither did the other customers by
the way.
So, I drank
up my cup of basic bitch all-carameled-and-whipped-creamed-out coffee and got
on with my life! However, I think it’s needless to say, this oldie found its
way back into my current favorites and I will be going back plenty of times in
the future.
Tell me, do
you guys celebrate Halloween? And do your shops/cafes/restaurants go as crazy
as this one? Let me know in the comments!
